I LOVE Food

I love FOOD!!!  It’s true… I admit it freely and openly!  Sometimes I love food so much and I’m too busy om nom nomming that I get so full that I feel sick.  I love food! 

Funny, the only thing that is running through my head right now is a line from my other friend’s blog.  She is doing an experiment of sorts and is often saying, “Well, it’s all fodder for the blog”.  And right now, I keep hearing in my head, “it’s all fooder for the blog”.  Hahaha…

I love food and this love of food has added to my excessive poundage that I have acquired. I’ll try almost anything once and usually, 2, 3, and 4 times!  My eyes are easily 6 times the size of my stomach.  This is such an issue that I have recently tried eating, and/or ordering, half of what I think I might want.  I will look at the amount on my husband’s plate and make an effort to eat less than he does.  I’ve made a conscious effort to NOT order appetizers and to limit the sides of ranch and sour cream that I get.  But I love food and I love food with sour cream and ranch!   

And I always go back for seconds, sometimes thirds, because it tastes sooooooo good!  I often feel guilty if I eat more than husband. I don’t know why, but I guess in my mind he is my gauge.  If I eat more than he does, I’m going to put on weight but I’m ok if I eat less than he does.  Kinda warped eh? 

On the contrary to this love of food, I have often found myself, discovering at 1, 2 or 3pm on any given day, that I haven’t eaten anything (except morning coffee).  How can such a profound lover of food forget to eat?  Of course, on these days, by dinner time I am starving and will stuff anything, and lots of it, into my mouth to squelch the angry growling monsters in my belly. 

So, I love food.  And I find it extremely difficult to go without certain foods that I love so much.  Cake and ice cream?  Come on, once a month is ok right? 

One is too many and ten is not enough… My dad told me this when we were talking about addiction one day.  I just googled it to give credit where credit is due.  It appears to come from any number of addiction sites (alcoholics anonymous, narcotics anonymous, etc… including overeaters) and actually should read, “one is too many and a thousand is never enough”.  I like my dad’s saying better.  More realistic to me. 

One is too many and ten is not enough.  I. LOVE. food.